diff --git a/monitarr/libmonitarr/include/data_db.hpp b/monitarr/libmonitarr/include/data_db.hpp
index a076273..5355ddf 100644
--- a/monitarr/libmonitarr/include/data_db.hpp
+++ b/monitarr/libmonitarr/include/data_db.hpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public:
   [[nodiscard]] auto get(std::string_view download_id) const
       -> std::optional<data_entry>;
 
-  void open(std::string_view data_dir);
+  void open(std::string_view data_dir, std::string_view log_dir);
 
   void remove(std::string_view download_id);
 
diff --git a/monitarr/libmonitarr/src/data_db.cpp b/monitarr/libmonitarr/src/data_db.cpp
index 796132b..408b1ca 100644
--- a/monitarr/libmonitarr/src/data_db.cpp
+++ b/monitarr/libmonitarr/src/data_db.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ auto data_db::get(std::string_view download_id) const
   return ret;
 }
 
-void data_db::open(std::string_view data_dir) {
+void data_db::open(std::string_view data_dir, std::string_view log_dir) {
   MONITARR_USES_FUNCTION_NAME();
 
   auto db_path = utils::path::combine(data_dir, {"state_db"});
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void data_db::open(std::string_view data_dir) {
   rocksdb::Options options{};
   options.create_if_missing = true;
   options.create_missing_column_families = true;
-  options.db_log_dir = data_dir;
+  options.db_log_dir = utils::path::combine(log_dir, {"state_db"});
   options.keep_log_file_num = 10;
 
   rocksdb::TransactionDB *ptr{};
diff --git a/monitarr/monitarr/include/run_cmd.hpp b/monitarr/monitarr/include/run_cmd.hpp
index c160cd7..0985a88 100644
--- a/monitarr/monitarr/include/run_cmd.hpp
+++ b/monitarr/monitarr/include/run_cmd.hpp
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 namespace monitarr {
 struct app_config;
 
-[[nodiscard]] auto run_cmd(const app_config &cfg) -> int;
+[[nodiscard]] auto run_cmd(const app_config &cfg, std::string_view log_dir)
+    -> int;
 } // namespace monitarr
 
 #endif // LIBMONITARR_INCLUDE_RUN_CMD_HPP_
diff --git a/monitarr/monitarr/main.cpp b/monitarr/monitarr/main.cpp
index 430fbbb..b80639f 100644
--- a/monitarr/monitarr/main.cpp
+++ b/monitarr/monitarr/main.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ auto main(int argc, char **argv) -> int {
       spdlog::create_async<spdlog::sinks::rotating_file_sink_mt>(
           "file", utils::path::combine(log_dir, {"monitarr.log"}),
           MAX_LOG_FILE_SIZE, MAX_LOG_FILES);
-      ret = run_cmd(cfg);
+      ret = run_cmd(cfg, log_dir);
     } else if (has_arg("-s", argc, argv)) {
       ret = show_cmd(argc, argv, cfg);
     } else {
diff --git a/monitarr/monitarr/src/run_cmd.cpp b/monitarr/monitarr/src/run_cmd.cpp
index f2be6c3..7ab3930 100644
--- a/monitarr/monitarr/src/run_cmd.cpp
+++ b/monitarr/monitarr/src/run_cmd.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static void check_server(const server_cfg &server, data_db &state_db) {
   }
 }
 
-[[nodiscard]] static auto load_db() -> data_db {
+[[nodiscard]] static auto load_db(std::string_view log_dir) -> data_db {
   MONITARR_USES_FUNCTION_NAME();
 
   auto data_dir = utils::get_environment_variable("MONITARR_DATA_DIR");
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ static void check_server(const server_cfg &server, data_db &state_db) {
   }
 
   data_db state_db{};
-  state_db.open(data_dir);
+  state_db.open(data_dir, log_dir);
   return state_db;
 }
 
-auto run_cmd(const app_config &cfg) -> int {
+auto run_cmd(const app_config &cfg, std::string_view log_dir) -> int {
   MONITARR_USES_FUNCTION_NAME();
 
   auto ret{0};
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ auto run_cmd(const app_config &cfg) -> int {
                                  "no servers have been configured");
       ret = 3;
     } else {
-      auto state_db{load_db()};
+      auto state_db{load_db(log_dir)};
 
       while (not stop_requested) {
         std::for_each(std::execution::par, cfg.server_list.begin(),